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[[File:Poverty in America- Hooverville 1932 and Bidenville 2021.jpg|thumb|235x235px|Comparison showing a Hooverville in 1932 and "[[Bidenville]]" in 2021<ref>@BenjaminCarollo on [[Twitter]]: [https://twitter.com/BenjaminCarollo/status/1420793383967236097?s=20&t=OnQjc6M3mFkaGobNb7rlTA "Eviction moratorium is about to end and Biden is out doing press conferences talking about his favorite trucks. #Bidenville"]</ref>]]A '''Hooverville''' was a shanty town built during the [[Great Depression]] by the [[Homelessness|homeless]] in the [[United States of America|United States]]. They were named after [[Herbert Hoover]], who was President of the United States during the onset of the Depression.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Civil Rights and Labor History Consortium / University of Washington|title=Hoovervilles and Homelessness|url=https://depts.washington.edu/depress/hooverville.shtml}}</ref>
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A '''Hooverville''' was a shanty town built during the [[Great Depression]] by the [[Homelessness|homeless]] in the [[United States of America|United States]]. They were named after [[Herbert Hoover]], who was President of the United States during the onset of the Depression.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Civil Rights and Labor History Consortium / University of Washington|title=Hoovervilles and Homelessness|url=https://depts.washington.edu/depress/hooverville.shtml}}</ref>


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A Hooverville was a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States. They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was President of the United States during the onset of the Depression.[1]

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  1. "Hoovervilles and Homelessness". Civil Rights and Labor History Consortium / University of Washington.